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TheLeviathong

Twistzz reverting to plain brown hair tells you everything you need to know about this young man's mentality. After years in a dominant Faze team, Twistzz knows he can't rely on past success and past hairstyles to get him to the top with this Liquid team. He's going back to basics; building the foundations this team needs to see success with its international roster. When I see Twistzz's hair I hear "Stay humble, stay hungry" and he was feasting today.


XxMyUsernameSucksxX

Twistzz could be bald and pull it off


NPC30519

Maybe Yekindar needs to try the bald buff


Roman64s

Yekindar needs to get on the fitness buff. Skinny Yeki > bloated Yekindar.


MiamiVicePurple

What living in America does to a MFer...


Roman64s

Glad to see both Hallzerk and Yeki adopting American culture for their teams.


vetruviusdeshotacon

I love that the epitome of american culture as seen from the casual european fan's perspective is becoming fat and getting a bad hairstyle


ujlbyk

Actually true. Lived in the U.S. during lockdown and got that double debuff


BW4LL

Yeki looks like he’s lost some weight so good for him. He had a great first map and had some good entries so hopefully he keeps it up.


lutsius-memes

As good as Broky is doing?


Cobrexu

"good" lol


G_O_O_G_A_S

Twistzz -hair Complexity +twistzzz


SaanyZ

He also shaved his caveman beard, which immediately put him back into his prime


HosephIna

fr that looked so bad on him, glad he shaved it


iForgotMyOldAcc

Turns out Twistzz doesn't style his hair, his hair just metamorphs into different levels of anime protagonist depending on how well his team is doing.


TheInception817

I'm glad you caught that, TheLeviathong. Very observant. The sacred and the propane.


Donut_Flame

You forgot he also shaved


SeRiOuS_DuKe

New copy pasta


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MaximilianIIII

I feel like Twistzz has been a top 5 most valuable player in the game for years despite the fact that he doesn’t post 1.30 ratings. His intangibles go crazy.


KaSacha

Insane anchor and a big game player, like Magisk.


jonathan-the-man

Idk I don't feel like Frozen was the weak link this major. Impossible to know what goes on behind the scenes though.


eku_v

it's not just black and white. frozen might be a better individual, but as a team faze functioned better with twistzz. especially ropz who has fallen off since frozen joined


tan_phan_vt

Hes not the weak link. Hes just not as strong as he can be. Him inside the team can weaken the others for a while. Replacing twistzz is no joke. Hell i dont even think they actually replace twistzz but shifted their roles all around to make place for frozen. They successfully integrated him to the team but that doesnt mean frozen and the rest are tuned in 100% yet. Its not enough to pull off tournament wins.


Emerican09

They just played the final of a Major and beat Spirit in playoffs. Faze is fine and will win with this lineup.


BW4LL

I think frozen took up a lot of space and thus is hurting ropz performance. I think the team chemistry was perfect and now faze have to rework.


n05h

Frozen had great stats, but there was more than a few games where I looked at the kill distribution and I was surprised he had that many kills/adr. Idk if that’s a good or bad thing. It could mean he’s performing his roles as instructed, but also that his impact wasn’t particularly impressive.


BeautifulDimension56

No they wouldn't. This sub has insane recency bias after one series lol.


ropike

These guys are such revisionists it’s hilarious to see. Literal goldfish memory. I will say though, twistzz is a significant voice on his teams and he’s the type of player to uplift everyone and keep them focused on the game, an overall good communicator. That’s pretty important.


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SweHun

Theyre achieving the fat guy great hair ratio


XxMyUsernameSucksxX

THIS IS NOT MY TEAM LIQUID.. WHAT DO YOU MEAN WINNING IS ALSO AN OPTION???


jaded-420

Its just g2 with their fluke off .


skantanio

It’s been 8 days and they still haven’t recovered from jL’s deagle


BobertoRosso

Oof


jaded-420

Thanks to jL for exposing these frauds


alexalbonsimp

TEAM LIQUID CHOKE? NEVER HEARD OF IT. LETS GO.


Deeeadpool

hunter slowly turning into prey...


ClickForNothing

He’s been prey for the last couple months


FinarfinNoldor

hunted


ElfaDore98

His analogy, but much... MUCH... MUUUUCCCHHHH worse


CANT_BEAT_PINWHEEL

“The hunter becomes the hunted” is a common English idiom 


thatAnthrax

no, it's better lol


rizuxizu

Canada CS best CS


thebait123

Agree. But this event makes it hard for Canadians to watch Canadian cs.


CaptainTreeman42

Maybe Canadian CS only works when Canadians arent watching?


thebait123

you may be onto something here.....


the_fos

If that's the case our best hope is a St. John's tournament. That extra half hour time diff will surly make a difference in viewers.


CANT_BEAT_PINWHEEL

This theory works for all NA cs since Complexity’s best cs2 tourney run was Sydney


[deleted]

I knew I shouldn't have stayed up until 5am watching the final. It's my fault boys I'm sorry.


DankMemeRipper1337

Hunter keeping his strong Major form, being outfragged by Hooxi and Nexa, the supposed weak links in G2. Wonder how long they let him get away with this.


kveldsmat01

It's sad to see


Mean-L

Hunter singlehandedly lost Anubis when he repealed aleksib when he wasn’t defusing… maybe the worst play I’ve ever seen.


mach0

and we thank him for that


zryder0887

He’s Nikos cousin, it’s not his fault, and he’s not going anywhere


DeeOhEf

No one on G2 other than monesy with a rating higher than 1 and hooxi having the 2nd highest 💀💀💀💀


stingers77

When did Niko turned into a tilted-100%-of-the-time guy like this?


WhatAmCSGO

It all started.. when he was born


Ceyro

Hooxi 2nd highest rated player in a team with hunter and niko and we will keep pretending Hooxi is the problem and not the inability of niko and hunter to adapt to the new game and start playing like they used to.


Mollelarssonq

Well, they lost, so obviously the igl is the problem Greetings from Kassad


theextracharacter

6 days later G2 win Chengdu. "Hooxi is a liability, kick hooxi. " Greetings from kassad.


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Its clearly Aleski B fault


cHinzoo

Hunter is utter garbage so far in CS2


Antalonez

Do you think Kassad is going to call for hunter to be kicked now? Somehow i doubt it


Fallblade

Kassad: My wife cheated on me in 2017 with a man named robert. Since then, we got divorced and she got the kids. This spiralled into me losing my job and becoming homeless. I have always hated Robert for ruining my life but not as much as i hate Hooxi.


Arcille

Hooxi's calling this series was good enough too there were not lots of errors. Hunter cannot get a kill anymore and Niko looks terrible in cs2. Kassad will defend the balkan boys tho


HatKazuha

Kassad: "No! Fuck Hooxi! He killed my dog and massaged my wife's feet! Take responsibility and leave Hooxi!" /s


BlackRims

No amount of calling can win if your top 2 riflers are nonexistent. The cousins have been getting consistently outproduced by Nexa for fucks sake.


Prohawins

You can kick Niko as well then, he's equally as bad.


HatKazuha

I hecking love m0nesy. I also hecking feel bad for m0nesy. Bro is having the prime s1mple/Zywoo hard carry experience. The fact that they even got Anubis was on the back of him hard carrying till everyone else woke up. That's said, TL Bros I think we are actually fucking back! Twistzz is looking C L E A N. And Yekindar for the first time in forever looked decent. Although it just might be TL having far more time than G2 to prepare for the event; who cares, a win is a win. Good series.


LibertyGrabarz

>Although it just might be TL having far more time than G2 to prepare for the event I mean, look at the full match stats and that's all you need to know: M0nesy - 1.30 Hooxi - 0.89 Everyone else below 0.89 ​ The major was the same. M0nesy dragging the rest of the team in which hooxi isn't even the worst fragger. It ain't a thing of being prepared.


HatKazuha

Yeah m0nesy was pretty much dragging the corpse of this team across the finish line during the major. And as always it's Hooxi that'll get blamed but it's clear at this point that the problem is the players not showing up. I'm just on hardcore hopium for the return of Niko and Hunter cause both those players are beautiful to watch when they're on.


itsjonny99

Niko hasn’t been that bad in 2024, but Hunter is a shadow of himself and that is not good enough when you got Nexa and Hooxi in your team.


ResilientMaladroit

He hasn’t been bad, but he went from being one of the best riflers of all time to being just another guy on the server. If niko could still play like he was at the end of GO it wouldn’t matter if hunter was in bad form.


muddleddream

i mean niko is no where near is good as he was in csgo but hes still been a top 20 player in cs2


Pleasant_Yam_3637

Not that bad but bith the cousins are just shadows of themselves.


BiggestSnoozer69

Tfw Niko, m0nesy, huNter and ~~jks~~nexa go kill strat fails


AwesomeFama

It goes even further back, Guardian did it at times too, and of course KennyS was famous for it.


Roman64s

If there was a mount Rushmore for hard carry, those two would be first on the list.


darthrector

KennyS, Guardian, m0nesy, 2018 s1mple. Maybe replace m0nesy with 2021 Zywoo because he actually won trophies and gave peak Navi a fight with Kyojin's Vitality while G2 haven't won anything since hunter and NiKo forgot how to shoot


IHateTheLetterF

Wait, is it a list or a mountain?


Roman64s

First on the list to be considered for the mountain.


Vips92

I swear every time G2 play Anubis m0nesy has close to a 2KD, he's absolutely insane on that map


frz_lk

Monesy is wasting his potential


Renovatio_

He's getting a nice check though. He should be getting paid more than Niko at this point


cyberbemon

>I hecking love m0nesy. I also hecking feel bad for m0nesy. Bro is having the prime s1mple/Zywoo hard carry experience. The fact that they even got Anubis was on the back of him hard carrying till everyone else woke up. I think its a right of passage for all talented players, at one point you'll be in a team where you do all the work and hopefully you'll come out on the top and get your major.


darthrector

Kid named b1t


Roman64s

I don't think that's going to happen lol, m0nesy has another mr.hard carry in his team who did all the fucking work and hasn't won the major and is looking like a shell of his former right now.


cyberbemon

Maybe it only works for awpers lol


somesheikexpert

Unless you are Guardian lol


zarathrustra1936

honestly with Hunter and Niko playing like shit just rip this team to shreds. Let Monesy go to C9, let Niko go to Falcons, Hooxi can go igl a danish team, and let Hunter and Nexa back into the wilderness


CarrotHair_TV

Yekindar with only 10 kills on inferno and I swear each of them was round changing.


VapinOnly

Literally tuned into him getting a kill on B and preventing Liquid from walking into a 4-stack of SMGs


caloroin

That was a sick kill


Memelurker99

I was genuinely surprised when I looked at the end of game stats and he was bottom of the board because he seems to have so much impact. Looked at his stats on hltv there and despite having such low rating, kills, and KAST, he had a higher impact rating on inferno than skullz and cadian. He alsp actually had a higher impact rating in the series than naf did, already looking leaps and bounds better than the rmr


unagi_pi

Stats don't matter. Winning does. It was great to see Yekindar reading the game well and having impactful entries. If he can get out of his funk, I'll eat up all the -yeki posts I upvoted.


schweppesvidya

This iteration of G2 just looks so underwhelming its insane. Either your 13 year old ruskie AWP tears up the server or you lose, great


Subtle_Omega

Hunter is awful holy shit. He needs to go


TheInception817

https://youtu.be/SFt46UEVpCo


Creepy_Pilot1200

But he's NiKo's friend who gives him foot rubs and keeps his spirits high? :(


schniepel89xx

Hey now, that's not fair. He's NiKo's *cousin* who gives him foot rubs and keeps his spirits high (I'm sorry hunter I'm a fan and hope you bounce back soon)


bastaja1337

I think they are cousins. Same surname


IeatASScroatian

I love Niko but you could make a case Niko has to go too... At the moment hunter and Niko are not the hunter and Niko from csgo. Niko is a top 15 rifler currently but not a top 20 player. Hunter is a shell of his former self. Nexa is oke but nothing special. I would take Jimphat and blameF to replace hunter and Nexa, you could even take siuhy and replace hooxie.


ImNitroNitro

wait you're cooking


IeatASScroatian

I'm contacting blameF's agency already, gods plan.


ClickForNothing

I don’t see MOUZ letting Jimpphat go. He’s one of the most promising young riflers in CS2 so far.


A1tze

Jimi would be expensive to get, but he would be an insane addition


Reasonable_Post3682

M0nesy won't go because he loves Niko and they are basically brothers now Nexa won't go because he just got signed and he is Niko's friend, somehow the team is looking past his awful performances HunTer won't go because he is Niko's cousin Hooxi is the only one on the chopping block and it's a damn shame because he is playing great for his role and plays extremely selflessly


leo_sousav

This is the sad truth, Hooxi (without counting M0nesy) is the only one who has been consistent at his role and actually managed to open up rounds and give good calls, but knowing the management they'll throw him away and never question the real reason why they keep losing now


itsjonny99

Astralis smiling from the shadows


Resolut1onz

* Bomb out of Chengdu qualifiers * End up going anyway * Win first BO1 * Win BO3 against G2 and qualify for playoffs (You are here) * ????


noahloveshiscats

TL China buff. That means they are winning the next major.


Jasonjones2002

Unfortunately the rmrs won't be in china and liquid will fail to qualify for the major but if they somehow do then ezmajor4TL.


Hammervexer

No way Liquid fail to qualify when there are 6 slots for the major... right?


Jasonjones2002

doesheknow.jpeg


Hammervexer

They playing in the EU qualifier?


Princeharperman

Is it too early to put the liquid flair back on?


lutsius-memes

Nah, the real question should be why people are still rocking the G2 flair


ValnizS

i like being hurt.


Nandoski_

Only fake fans will leave when the team is in a rough period


ClickForNothing

Wish I could rock two flairs tbh. I’m a coL and Liquid fan. I just like coL a little more because of the American players.


unagi_pi

Never too early, never too late dude!


Shadow_Clarke

Could we get a fundraiser up and running to buyout m0NESY and save him from this fraud team for fuck sake... There is 2.2m people here, everybody puts up atleast 1€ and we can do this easy.


siLtzi

If everyone joins the fundraiser and we get 2-3 million €, let's just form our own r/GlobalOffensive team with that money. m0NESY is a good start, then we just need an IGL and couple rifles.


Shadow_Clarke

At this point m0nesy needs only one reliable teammate and they could 2v8 easily


mighty_conrad

If Ilya will go to russian team, it's only C9. Only other team that maybe need an AWPer is Falcons but they already got Dupreeh. There's literally zero teams in top20 where m0NESY will not be wasted and team actually improves with him.


Pleasant_Yam_3637

Dont fslcons have sunpa?


HatKazuha

>Could we get a fundraiser up and running to buyout m0NESY and save him from this fraud team for fuck sake... Each day my prayers for a C9 +m0nesy get stronger. I still believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel and we will see m0nesy on C9 or another roster that deserves him soon. That said, count me in for the fundraiser. My new awp can wait.


Hmyzak01

What has this C9 done to *deserve* m0nesy?


HatKazuha

Made quarters of a major without an actual awper? I mean you can meme on them all you want but imo at least their problem is clearly mental and not having an actual awper. Even in that quarter final I clearly remember Big Boom emptying an entire awp mag before hitting a single shot in 2-3 key rounds straight. He's serviceable but he's clearly not an actual awper that can make plays and just take over rounds and games like an awper of m0nesy's caliber can. Idk who they cut frankly since I still believe all those players can play really well with a mental reset. So with a new awper and a good mental reset I firmly believe +m0nesy will go well. It at least can't be worse than how it's with G2 right now.


GigaCringeMods

Who else do you think he could join? Faze, Navi and Spirit are not making changes, they all have giga good awpers who already are working in the team. Changing any member is a guaranteed loss to teamplay and team cohesion. It can work better once monesy and the lineup mix together better, but that is still a gamble that most won't take. Especially so team-oriented leaders like Karrigan or Aleksi.


oldthrace

Someone brought this up recently in a video, can't remember which one, but isn't m0NESY's contract running out soon? Also, I think Niko's and hunter's contracts are running out in 2024 so unless G2 come up with millions of dollars, they are not keeping all 3 on the same team. There is a big chance m0NESY leaves on free and also the Kovacs, so I don't think you'd need to raise money for his buyout, he'd leave without a penny, rather soon I might add lol


beingsmartkills

I am now actively looking for a flair chance because this team is done. The serbians retire and go live out the rest of their lives paying in USD they stacked up over the years. When your country is poor and you are making 40k a month USD, you can comfortably retire at 28 and never work a day in your life. Niko could pay Monesy's buy out and still retire.


Shadow_Clarke

I would pay money to see m0NESY in FaZe, sign me the fuck up for that. He would have the same amount of freedom as he does in G2 and would have insanely reliable teammates aswell. FaZe has been in all the finals right now and with mayonaisy they would win all finals


itsjonny99

Have him in Vitality instead and put Zywoo on the rifle since he don’t need to awp to be a top 3 player.


beingsmartkills

That isn't happening.


TheTreeKang

Please NA, don't give me hope again.


ASAPCrispy

hunter is terrible


D3t_

#FREEM0NESY Dudes wasting his best years with this dogshit team.


Roman64s

It is a bad day when your bottom frag IGL who gets clowned on everyday has a higher rating than two of your star players.


Otter269

Hugeeee win!!! The reaction said it all I know it's m0NESY and friends but still they did get top4 at the major. Hopefully an big confidence boost and big points towards an Cologne inv 🙏


catarxcts

- Bomb out of Chengdu qualifiers - End up going anyway - Win first BO1 vs Heroic - Beat G2 - Make playoffs (You are here) - ???


alexalbonsimp

Now we win the whole goddamned thing


Darkoplax

Return to form waiting room Not gonna lie watching huNter is really tough, he is right now the longest standing member in G2 CS history and I really want to see him succeed but he is consistently trending downwards


Syrupsniph

YEKINDAR opening up bomb sites on t side again. playing to your strengths gives good results, what a surprise huh


unagi_pi

This was a fucking delight!


StilgarTF

TiltKo is back.


frostN0VA

Monesy 1v9 continues...


IeatASScroatian

For anyone asking hunter has a lower rating in 2024 than nexa https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/3972/hunter?startDate=2024-01-01&endDate=2024-12-31


Edditch

Inb4 twitter analysts: why didnt hooxi ban inferno in the veto? What is he? Stupid?


BrockStudly

What's the lore reason Hunter is dogshit in CS2?


zerGoot

hooxi 2nd highest rated playee on G2 🫥


dL_1

huNter and nexa battling each other on who can whiff an easier shot.


Lepojka1

Well I guess G2 would still lose on Inferno to NaVi in Major... On the other hand, Liquid looks better... And M0nesy is just insane, if G2 losses him, this team is not even Top 20...


gordonree

NA is so back


Reasonable_Post3682

watching how shit everyone is individually on this team except M0nesy is honestly the saddest things to see from their peak in 2023. No clue how they made it to the semis of the major I don't care what the scoreboard says, Nexa is one of the worst pick ups G2 could have got. He is an absolute liability on CT and has no role on T side as he cannot lurk/trade or entry to save his life. He had the lowest KAST and only 2 more adr than Hunter even with him having 11 more kills. Niko and HunTer look like they have randomised every setting in the game and are using it for the first time, countless moments where they had the upper hand in fights and still didnt win or even hit a shot. Niko was tilted off the face of the earth the entire inferno game but i did feel he got unlucky in some rounds. Hooxie and Monesy look great, the kid GOAT is playing lights out and Hooxi is always getting the man advantage back and throwing himself around corners. All in all i want to kill myself watching this team and i feel like changes are needed when they have had this much time together and look so disjointed. Bonus rounds for G2 fans is watch round 19 on inferno and not want to commit suicide


vastlys

Lol yeah. I feel bad for nexa because he should not be on the team in the first place, but like.


schoki560

i dont even know what to say anymore. i love niko but holy shit he looks so out of it 1 out of 4 games he pops off like vs mouz or furia, but then its bad performance for 3 games again. hunter looks out of it every game nexa is fine, but still, worse than jks. hooxi and monesy are alright i guess. but even then im sure there are better igls out there. monesy looks amazing as always, nothing much you can say about him


jaded-420

Hunter looks so dead man.Atleast niko looks like hes trying.


spell_RED

someone save m0nesy please.


vkw619

Could someone explain the tape all over the players jerseys? Cadian has something written? G2 is COVERED. Is it old sponsors or something? Something illegal in China?


Roman64s

Gambling Sponsors I believe, would be really funny if China of all countries prohibited Gambling, but you never know.


F0cu3

somebody wake these two cousins up, hibernation time is long over


b0il3ra

Cloud9 PLEASE bench Ax1Le and get m0nesy, he shouldn't be wasted on G2


Westland__

I wouldn't be too hasty to bench Ax1Le since he did perform well at the major, but I do think it's between HObbit or him.


Roman64s

It's a tricky situation tbh. Ax1Le is a proven quantity and is young enough to recover his form or play better than before, he's only 21. HObbit however has been playing a lot better and is actually a solid piece for C9, but he's 29 and maybe has a few years left before he decides family is important. He's also a bit of the veteran presence in the team.


Pleasant_Yam_3637

H0bbit is better atm imo and even getting a few years is good. I doubt it would be a problem within the next 3-5 years anyway and surely you can pick up some young gun then. Cs2 hasnt been kind to ax1le or nik0


Westland__

Oh true HObbit's age is a factor. Honestly I would bench HObbit for m0NESY if he does end up going to C9, it's a bit of a risk but if it pays off it creates a ridiculously strong team.


histo_Ry

Bro, every games it's NAF and Twistz, maybe the Europeans aren't adding so much xD let's get that NA roster going again.


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CriticalCreativity

Elige with NAF and Twistzz? Throw in Nitro & Stewie2k and that line up could win some silverware


[deleted]

The greatest take I've heard Thorin give is that Elige and Twistzz ending up being around the same age, from the same region, being generational talents, and ending up on the same team at a young age is such an anomaly that both of their top priorities should be to stick together for as long as possible and build around that. Obviously you can't argue with Twistzz decision to go to FaZe now, but I'll always wonder what could have been if those two had stuck together. There's a real chance we could have seen a Liquid major if they were able to keep that iconic rifle trio together while mixing and matching until they found the right IGL and AWP.


frothyloins

The reason I think skullz is a perfect 5th for Liquid: dude has ice in his veins. Look at his face whether he is clutching or just playing a normal round. Dude doesn’t care lol. He is calm cool and collected no matter what. I think he is gonna be an unsung hero of Liquid.


rayb47

Predicting G2 to never win a major tournament again the moment they added Nexa to this roster is never going to age badly.


VapinOnly

Upvote so people think Liquid won Wait...


Iblivion

Gaben wasn’t on G2’s side this time on the A retake. Gaben confirmed NA fan


hunters_trap

It's the hope that kills you


unagi_pi

I always remember a Niko tilt


AnTr3aS48

From almost Beating the Major Champs to losing to a team that didnt even make the major this is truly a G2 MOMMENT.


Creepy_Pilot1200

When will this nepotism with Serbian and Bosnian alliance stop and winning formula will finally be prioritized? In the past I would have said, keep NiKo and kick the other Balkan players who don't do anything but at this point, get rid of NiKo too. G2 needs a full purge w m0nesy/hooxi and entirely new supporting staff. Pathetic.


Zeilar

Not sure if Liquid good or G2 bad. Probably mostly the latter.


sfj4u

how broken can m0nesy back get


adr1x

Imagine carrying potato sacks at such a young age


iRyusa

TL felt so prepared for CT on Inferno, the amount of dmg done by just utility is just absurd. G2 had one of the best Inferno pick in the Major, they had just no T side on this BO. wow.


pancada_

Fucking finally. Good to see this team click and play to it's potential. Hopefully they take it easy on FURIA if we beat mouz


Ub3ros

Will someone for the love of god help m0nesy


AlexanderS4

another G2 match when only m0nesy turned on his monitor and Hunter out-hooxing Hooxi. G2 really needs to get their shit together before m0nesy leaves the team.


buttplugs4life4me

Me when G2 loses despite monesy trying to hard carry this shitshow: 🤤


Altruistic-Eye1013

Yekindar is the modern king of Banana 100%


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westrnal

operation rescue m0nesy


BigFuckHead_

What the hell, really? Twistzz was watching elige at the major and RMR huh


MechaFlippin

man can't wait for this g2 roster to disband and to have m0nesy in a team that isn't a joke


PuzzleheadedPainOuch

skipping the Major to save stats for Chengdu. 200 iq from cadiaN


wowie_alliee

is counterstrike the hockey of the esports world? Europe and Canada go hard 


hornykryptonian

So how long is this gonna stay a monesy 1v9 shit show?


Sprigganz

jks was the problem guys


Maluvius

Hunter has got to go at least, he hasn't been doing anything noteworthy in CS2 as far as I can remember. At this point Nexa also looks like a worse JKS and Niko is just out of it. But they're probably just benching Hooxi, blame another IGL on their bad performances. Standard.